Elimination of aerosol distortions in analysing observations of the Black Sea, provided by the NIMBUS-7 coastal zonal color scanner

The paper addresses the problem of sea color measurements made by satellites. A special mathematical procedure is proposed for determining spectral dependence of the aerosol component of the light backscattering in the atmosphere. The procedure is based on conducting repeated observations of the same sea area after a sufficiently brief period, during which seawater properties remain virtually unchanged, while aerosol fields undergo considerable changes. Testing of this approach has been performed by two typical surveys of the Black Sea by NIMBUS-7 on June 10 and 13, 1980. Translated by Vladimir A. Puchkin.